The study had four purposes. The first was to determine whether the display of naturally felt emotions is distinct from surface acting and deep acting as a method of displaying organizationally desired emotions. The second purpose was to examine antec...
The study had four purposes. The first was to determine whether the display of naturally felt emotions is distinct from surface acting and deep acting as a method of displaying organizationally desired emotions. The second purpose was to examine antecedents of surface acting, deep acting and the expression of naturally felt emotions. Proposed antecedents include positive affectivity, negative affectivity, and emotional intelligence. The third purpose was to examine the effect of emotional labor strategies on job-related attitudes such as job burnout, job satisfaction, organization commitment, and turnover intention. The fourth purpose was to examine path model of the effect of emotional intelligence on job-related attitudes. A total of 253 employees in service industry were surveyed in order to examine the relationships among these constructs.
It was found that three emotional labor strategies are distinct constructs and positive affectivity was a positive predictor of surface acting, negative affectivity was a positive predictor of the expression of naturally felt emotions and emotional intelligence was a positive predictor of deep acting. In addition, surface acting was positively related to depersonalization and the expression of naturally felt emotions was positively related to turnover intention whereas deep acting was positively related to job satisfaction and organization commitment and negatively related to turnover intention because those individuals feel a sense of personal accomplishment in effectively displaying the appropriate emotions. Based on these results, the implication and limitation of this study and the direction for future research were discussed.